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CLINICS AND TRAINING
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​Irish Blind Golf provides training, development and playing opportunities for visually impaired and blind golfers.

When golf is played by a fully sighted person, they don’t have to think twice about teeing the ball up, lining up the shot, observing the flight of the ball after it has been struck, and finding where it has landed.

Golfers with severe visual impairments, may have little or no difficulty actually hitting the ball, but what then!? What’s the correct direction? How far is the hole? Where has the ball finished?

Blind golf is a two person sport. Firstly there’s the player who has the technique to play the stroke, then there’s the guide. That’s the second person, the one who takes care of lining the player up, knowing when it is safe to hit, calculating yardage, reading putts and making decisions around course management.

We have found that about 30% of the people who attend our clinics wish to learn more about how to play golf. There is a transition phase between clinics and playing on an 18 hole golf course. This can be achieved by attending one to one tuition, between a trainee golfer and a qualified PGA golf teacher. Irish Blind Golf will provide financial subsidies for golf lessons to a limited number of golfers suffering from sight loss.  Additionally, golf clinics are run in Dublin by John Langan, PRO, Leopardstown Golf Course and by Fingal Sports Partnership.  If you live outside Dublin, Irish Blind Golf will endeavor to work with you to develop a training programme with a PGA qualified professional golfer.   We would also encourage you to find a person willing to attend your training sessions as well as guide you on golf outings. 

For more information email us on irishblindgolf@hotmail.com


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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • RULES & REGULATIONS 2019
  • CLINICS AND TRAINING
  • PLAYERS PROFILES + H/Caps
  • Ed's Blog
  • NEWS 2020
  • FUNDRAISING EVENTS 2020
  • IBG HOME EVENTS CALENDAR
  • IBG HOME RESULTS & ORDER OF MERIT
  • INTERNATIONALS 2020
  • BBO Results
  • PHOTO GALLERY 2020
  • LINKS
  • VIDEO
  • ROLL OF HONOUR
  • ARCHIVES
    • ARCHIVES 2019 >
      • IBG HOMERESULTS
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2019
    • ARCHIVES 2018 >
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2018
      • IBG HOME RESULTS & ORDER OF MERIT
      • FUNDRAISING EVENTS 2018
      • INTERNATIONALS 2018
      • ED'S BLOG 2018
    • ARCHIVES 2017 >
      • NEWS 2017
      • INTER.RESULTS 2017
      • HOME RESULTS 2017
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2017
    • ARCHIVES 2016 >
      • NEWS 2016
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2016
      • RESULTS 2016
    • ARCHIVES 2015 >
      • NEWS & RESULTS 2015
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2015
    • ARCHIVES 2014 >
      • IRISH BLIND OPEN 2014
      • CELTIC CUP 2014
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2014
      • RESULTS 2014
      • NEWS 2014
    • ARCHIVES 2013 >
      • RESULTS 2013 >
        • NEWS 2013
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2013
    • ARCHIVES 2012 >
      • NEWS 2012
      • PHOTO GALLERY 2012
      • RESULTS 2012